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Summary

Piper and Phoebe grieve Prue's death and struggle with the demise of the Power of Three, until they discover their long-lost sister Paige, and so does the Source, who decides to kill Paige before she could reconstitute the Power of Three.

Co-Stars

Magical Notes

Book of Shadows

This spell was cast by Piper Halliwell in hopes of bringing her recently deceased sister, Prue, back to life. It requires you to put rosemary, cypress and yarrow root into a silver mortar. The outcome of the spell actually contacted Paige Matthews, and it came out as a form of a newspaper, about Prue's obituary.

This spell was used twice by Piper Halliwell. Not long after the funeral of Prue Halliwell, a distraught Piper goes up to the attic in hopes of communicating with her deceased sister, however, Penny answers the call instead. She used it a second time to summon Grams and eventually, Patty.

Hear these words, hear my cry,

Spirit from the other side,

Come to me, I summon thee,

Cross now the Great Divide.

Spells

This spell, was used and created by Piper Halliwell. It is a combination of the Dominus Trinus spell and what is desired. The last two lines of the original one are replaced with the fact that Piper wanted to bring her sister back to life, however it doesn't work and therefore fails.

This spell was used, at first by Phoebe Halliwell by herself, when protecting an innocent known as Paige Matthews. Cole weakened him enough to the point Phoebe was able to chant the spell, and wound him. It was cast once again, however Piper and Paige chanted it with her, thus reconstituting the Power of Three and vanquishing Shax once and for all.

Terms

Window of Opportunity: The Window of Opportunity is a mythological window where a newly empowered witch has 48 hours to decide whether to use their powers for good or evil.

Hybrid: A hybrid is a magical being born from two species. The second one was introduced in this episode. Paige Matthews is a witch/whitelighter hybrid, the first hybrid seen in the show of two magical species.

Notes and Trivia

Prue's actual death is never shown. Leo simply explains that he only had time to save one sister, and chose Piper. Though later on in the series it is said that when he got to them Prue had already moved on.

This is the first episode of the series that Shannen Doherty does not appear in. On The WB's "Previously on Charmed" segment, she was shown only once, in the scene where Phoebe meets Cole in The Honeymoon's Over, and otherwise excluded completely.

Also, Prue never appears in the show again, except for the back of a stunt double and as a dog in the Season 5 episode Cat House.

The opening credits were omitted in this episode and replaced with a 10 second title card of a glowing triquetra and the title, "Charmed". This would be done one last time for A Witch's Tail. However, on the British Channel E4, the opening credits were remade in a new style and the cast list scene before Prue's funeral were altered to fit the new changes.

This episode starts the trend of the word Charmed being used in the title of the episodes.

The background music used in this episode and a few season 5 episodes was used a few years ago in the unaired pilot of Buffy when Giles shows her the Vampyr book.

It's stated in this episode that Paige doesn't drink due to it having been problematic in the past. This is one of a few facts that will remain consistent throughout the show and will be mentioned again several times from this episode up until almost the final episode. Although she does asks where the cider is on one occasion.

This episode was supposed to air a week earlier than it did but due to the events of 9/11 its time was pushed back.

It is often argued by fans that Phoebe's premonition power should have been dormant before the power of three was reconstituted toward the end of the episode. This is the only witch power used in the episode as Paige's orbing comes from her Whitelighter side and is not connected to her Charmed powers.

This episodes shows us one of only three occasions throughout the whole series where Phoebe has a premonition triggered by touching one of her sisters. The first was in Which Prue is It, Anyway? where the premonition gets triggered by Phoebe touching Prue and the last will be in Styx Feet Under when Phoebe touches Paige's dead body.

On the French version, Piper and Leo call Cole "tu" (the familiar form of "you") for the first time, showing that they now fully trust him. Also, Phoebe sends Cortez to Kuala Lumpur to rhyme with "un petit tour".

This episode scored 6.0 million viewers.

The newspaper Paige reads tells us that Prue died on a Thursday. It also tells us that Prue graduated with honors.

Demons can sense The Source's aura, so that they are reminded of his power and reach. If a demon focuses on The Source's aura, at least if he's an upper-level demon, he will know where The Source is, but The Source will know who's looking.

After Shax's vanquish, Paige says before leaving "What have you guys turned me into?" which is coincidentally nearly the same sentence Prue pronounced when she first discovered her powers in Season 1 Premiere "Something Wicca This Way Comes". However, Prue said to Phoebe "You turned me into a witch!"

This episodes uses Dutch angles multiple times, particularly during scenes in the Manor. This was likely used to show the sense of inbalence caused by Prue's death.

This is the only episode of the entire series to have a shortened version of the show's theme song.

Glitches

In this episode, Shax and The Source look noticeably different from their first appearances in All Hell Breaks Loose. The Source here is dressed in black, and his hands appear to not look red.

Also, while Phoebe was casting the Shax Vanquishing spell, Shax was able to attack Cole but in All Hell Breaks Loose when she was casting the spell Shax's attack went back on him. That is because they had lost the Power of Three.

When Paige orbs out to dodge Shax's attack, his aerokinetic bolt leaves a scorch mark, this doesn't really make sense.

During the scene where Shax is about to be vanquished for good Piper says "We'll we're about to find out"(talking about Paige really being a witch)'. If you watch closely you'll notice that Holly's mouth stays closed.

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Quotes

Piper: I'm not angry. I am pissed off! Don't you understand? You healed the wrong sister! You saved me because I'm your damn wife, and you should've saved her because she was the best! Because she... you should... Why did they put us through so much for it to end this way?

Piper: No, Leo, I won't. I don't want to do this anymore, okay? It-It's over! You can tell them that we buried their precious Charmed Ones when we buried our sister.

Piper: No. You were trying to get yourself killed, which is what this family does best is get killed. Isn't it obvious by now that our only destiny is to die? And you are making it way too easy for them, Phoebe. You are just walking right into it!

Grams: All right, fine, you've caught us. Congratulations. So, what are you going to do about it? shoot us?